Police Blotter - Crime wrap - December 23, 2000 12/23/00

Published: Saturday, December 23, 2000

Blotter information is compiled from reports filed with the Lubbock Police Department. To report information about these or other crimes, call Crime Line at 741-1000. In some cases, cash rewards are offered. Callers may remain anonymous.

ROBBERY

6200 block of University Avenue

A 52-year-old Lubbock woman was robbed of her purse in the Kmart Super Center parking lot at about 9:21 p.m. Thursday.

The purse contained checks, cards, keys and $30 cash.

The victim told police she was walking toward the store when a man grabbed her purse and fled.

She pursued the man on foot and in her car, but failed to catch up with him.

She told police the man wore a dark-colored ski mask.

ESCAPE

2500 West Canyon Lakes Drive

A 18-year-old man was arrested shortly before 10 p.m. Thursday after trying to run from an officer.

The man was arrested for warrants and while en route to the city jail, he slipped out of his handcuffs. He kept his hands behind his back.

When the officer locked his car, the man fled into the covered parking lot of the police department. The officer quickly recaptured the man and handcuffed him.

AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ASSAULT

Unknown location

A woman told police she was sexually assaulted in February, and she believes the suspect put a pill in her drink to make her pass out.